As the defense opens its case, George Zimmerman's own words may come back to haunt him.
The Zimmerman trial being a racially charged case, and ever mindful of the rioting that followed the acquittals in the Rodney King case, the jury may very well be looking for a reason to bring forth a guilty verdict. Zimmerman's own words may have given them that reason.
Zimmerman broke a cardinal defense rule: After initially telling the responding officers what happened, do not talk to the cops anymore without a lawyer.
Zimmerman not only gave his explanation to the responding officers immediately after he shot Trayvon Martin, but he followed that up with several interviews by investigating officers, including returning to the scene to describe what happened, all without the presence of a lawyer. As will happen, he made several conflicting statements.
But the biggest problem for Zimmerman is not his conflicting statements, but the fact that he told investigating officers that his gun was holstered on his back. That being the case, how could Trayvon Martin have reached for his gun as Zimmerman claimed, when in his own words he told the cops that he was flat on his back with Martin on top pounding away at him with both hands?
To the relief of an apprehensive jury, Zimmerman’s account simply does not fly.
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